This guy is an inspiration and this tech is amazing.
Meet 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, the first patient of Elon Musk's Neuralink. Watch him play chess while he talks about how his life has changed for the better after eight years as a quadriplegic following a "freaking diving accident."
(If you don't have time to watch, some highlights follow)
Highlights:
In addition to playing chess, Arbaugh said the Neuralink implant had also allowed him to play the video game Civilization VI for eight hours straight, though he was limited by having to wait for the implant to charge. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Neuralink permission to conduct in-human clinical trials last year, and shortly afterwards the company announced that it was seeking test subjects for an initial six-year trial.
The video marks the first time Neuralink has shared footage of a human using its brain implant, after Musk announced in January that the first trial participant was "recovering well" after having the technology implanted. It comes a little under three years after the company released a video that showed a monkey controlling an on-screen cursor to play Pong using the technology.
This is just the beginning of where this tech can go.
Elon's next step?
Restoring sight.
What a time to be alive!
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